Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1887-07-26
A DEMOCRAT TALKS,
And Does Not Seem 10 be Struck with
Much Admiration for the Presidents
Shrewdness In Disregardiag the Plat.
form Upon which He Was Elected.

Shrewdness In bisregardiag the Plat.
form Upon which He Was Elected.
AT THE MINES, July rs, 1887.
To THE EprTos OF THE Tmrs:-
Your issue of the 22nd contains an
interview with the Hon. Addison A.
Goodrich, a. reported in the Chicago
News, relative to local Territorial At.
fairs. Hence rise to inquire, Who
is the Hon. Addison A. Goodrich,
that informs about Mr.. Cleveland's
intention to inaugurate a vigorous
campaign in the Territories, and the
shrewdness displayed by him in the
appointment of Hon. Henry o. Bill
lings, as Receiver at the Land Office?
It may be source of congratulation
| to the old mossbacks of the 18th ILL
nois Congressional District to have
one of their number appointed to the
position mentioned, but we believe
that there are many competent and
reliable Democrats in this far, far
West, who had faith in that plank in
the Democratic National Platform of
1884, "declaring it the duty of the
executive power to appoint residents
of the Territories to offices within the
respective Territories" or words to
that effect. The dream has passed,
and we have found that it was only
made to be broken. or perhaps it was
only joke. Now, if this was a Re.
publican instead of an anti bi- metallic
mugwump administration, we Demo
Gratis would say there was another
4 carpet-bagger forced upon US. But
we will swallow it this time, because
it is Democratic, you know -espe-
ciaHy as it has "bridged the yawning
chasm, and insured the election of
the Hon. Billy Morrison to Con-
gress in 1885,"
In taking retrospective view OF
politics in the 18th Congressional Dis
triot of Illinois during the past rs
years, I remember gentleman and
scholar by the name of John Baker
who has represented that district in
Congress two or three terms, and is
now the member, much to Hon. Billy
Morrison's disgust, and, strange to
say, he is one of the blacklist of black
Republicans-a compatriot OF the
LoveJoys, Lincoln, Adams, Deacon
Bross, o. II. Brewing, and in later
days of Colonel E. D. Baker, and
Broderick of California, Governor
Richard Yates and Governor Oglesby
and others of that class, and is very
liable to be in the way again despite
the prayers Of the Hons. A. A. Good
rich and H. o. Billings.
However, am pleased to learr
} that these gentlemen have, under the
. advice of Grover Cleveland, con
cluded to make a vigorous campaign
in the Territories, and to permit thei
eloquence to float out and over
mountain, crag, and gulch, in the
, Rockies, from British Columbia t.
Mexico, excepting always Colorado
Nevada, and California. With sucl
meat to feed upon, with a source o
eloquence to draw its sustenanc,
) from, why should not the baby cleo
toral vote of all the Territories b.
cast for Cleveland and the mug
9 wumps?
l can only make one suggestion
!, to further advance the good worl
. and the interests of our party in tn
Territories, and that is, that the Hon
q CRADLES AIdrich and Billings call t
= their aid the Hon. Petroleum V. Mas
It by, of the Confederate x Roads, an
Col. Phocean Howard from his fro
u farm at Danville, Illinois.
u From his exalted pinnacle at Hal
ley $1,000 feet altitude), Hon. H. @
Billings could swing his politics
70 wire over Washington and the TRACE
Il dian and comedian statesman Woo
l. bees 1.-THE son of DanieD, lasso Mon
10 tana with its fossil Kentucky attacl
" ment, spread a few of the RETURNED(
:, CONFEDERATE flags over Arizon
in join the Mormon church, and wit
the aid OF Brother Craus captul
st Utah and corral New Mexico wi,
10 the total electoral vote for our sic
of the house without doubt.